Chapter 338: The Scope of Nature

Twenty-six...qi-sensers?

The first image that came to Xia Fan's mind was that there were twenty-six more operators of the Celestial Motion Instrument in the Mechanism Bureau.

Is this a Spring Festival gift package dropped from the sky?

"Have you verified it?"

"Well, although Qi is weak, it does have the ability to sense Qi." Xue Zhigen took out a list from his arms and presented it, "The names, life experiences and addresses of twenty-six people are here."

Xia Fan took it and glanced at it briefly, and found that there were not many connections between these students. More than 60% of them were Jinxia natives, and only one of them came from a wealthy family.

He pondered for a while before asking, "What do you think?"

"I think this is a miracle!" You promoted Yuyi..." Seeing that Xia Fan's expression was wrong, he quickly changed his words, "Uh, no, I mean... it's okay for you to re-establish a Qi Sensing Organization."

"So you think this didn't happen by chance?"

"One or two is a coincidence, four or five can barely count, but twenty-six is ​​absolutely impossible!" Xue Zhigeng asserted, "I have worked in the Recording Department for almost ten years, and I know the awakening rate in Shenzhou. What level is it? This phenomenon in the school would cause a sensation in the territories of aristocratic families such as Gyeonggi, Youzhou, and Suzhou - after all, the school only has more than a thousand students, and there are millions of people in one state, and it only takes three years. There are four to five hundred more Qi-sensing people.”

Xia Fan nodded thoughtfully, "Then what do you think is the root cause of this unusual awakening phenomenon?"

Xue Zhigeng paused for a moment, "This... I can't say for sure. If I say it's a school, there are private schools in other places, and the children of wealthy families are trained as heirs early on. But if you want to say it has nothing to do with the school, then It doesn’t make sense that the place to awaken and sense Qi is in the teaching room.”

"If I remember correctly, there are very few Qi-sensing people who come from poor backgrounds, and the ones who can climb to high positions are even rarer, right?"

"This..." Xue Zhigeng glanced at Xia Fan hesitantly.

Xia Fan said angrily and funny, "Except me."

"According to the records of the Ministry of Education, this is indeed the case." The other party affirmed, "When major aristocratic families recruit disciples, they will also give priority to children from urban families."

"I see……"

"Sir, do you know the reason?" Xue Zhi even asked impatiently.

"It's not certain yet. Don't publicize this news to the outside world yet, and continue to observe it for a while." Xia Fan replied briefly.

As Xue Zhang said, the academy is not unique to Jinxia. If we think about it using the controlled variable method, the only thing unique to Jinxia City is the content taught in the academy.

The aristocratic family will only recruit children who have awakened the ability to sense qi, and the things they teach are based on the fact that the other party is a qi-sensing person.

Private schools taught mainly the Four Books and Five Classics, following the imperial examination route.

Only children from rich families can learn a little more complicated things, such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting, social etiquette, the art of controlling people, etc...

However, few people teach these children how to think and seek knowledge during the enlightenment period. Even if arithmetic is taught, it is only used as a tool to solve problems, and the essence of logical cognition behind arithmetic is basically ignored.

Not to mention investigating things.

What it advocates from the beginning is to perceive and explore the world rationally, and to use practice as the standard to measure all things. These courses may seem to have little to do with real life, but they are the most powerful weapon against ignorance.

When Xia Fan decided to promote primary education, he never thought about promoting Qi-sensing people. If the changes in the school are really related to these courses, it would be a surprise.

Think about it, if every migrant worker was a Qi sensor, how prosperous Jinxia City would be!

"I understand." Seeing that he didn't say much, Xue Zhigeng also knew it well and did not ask further, "Then how to arrange these twenty-six children? Should they be brought to the Privy Council to be trained according to the standards of alchemists? "

"No need, just maintain the status quo." Xia Fan shook his head.

"Are you sure?" Xue Zhancheng was stunned, "They are all Qi sensers."

"But they are also students in the school." He thought clearly. "If they are taken to the Privy Council to be trained individually, it will definitely leave an impression that those who feel Qi are different from ordinary people. This is a rare opportunity for them to Those who sense Qi learn and grow together with ordinary people, telling them that there is no distinction between them in terms of status. This is also my original intention of reorganizing the Privy Council. "

"Just follow the wishes of Lord Fu Cheng." Xue Zhigeng did not insist on his opinion.

"Of course, the direction is the direction, and their talents cannot be wasted for this reason." Xia Fan continued, "You can arrange another course to teach them how to introduce Qi into the body and make talismans and draw urns. Compared with the previous theoretical courses, , which is more inclined to practical operations. The new courses do not conflict with the existing courses. If ordinary children want to come to attend the lectures, they can also be allowed in..." He paused at this point, "...Well, this course is called an open elective. Let’s take a class.”

After Xue Zheng left, Xia Fan temporarily lost his mind to continue pondering the magic of immortality.

He walked to the window and looked at Jinxia City wrapped in white snow in the distance. It looks the same as yesterday, but a new round of internal upheaval may have emerged.

He seemed calm and composed in front of Xue Zhigeng, but the turmoil in his heart was no less than that of the other person.

Xia Fan still remembered what Li said.

All living things have Qi, but only a few people can sense it - this is determined by nature, which cannot be violated or changed.

He was not doubting that this sentence was completely wrong, he was just a little curious about who decided the scope of "a few people".

After all, it is natural for one person to sense Qi, and it can also be natural for everyone to sense Qi.

Now that the change has begun, no one knows to what extent it will develop.

And nature cannot be taken away. No matter how it is covered, it will always show its full picture one day.

…

The next situation is as reported by Xue Zhigeng. The Privy Council receives two or three reports about the awakening of Qi sensers almost every day. Some of them gain the ability to sense Qi in the school, and some break through the threshold when trying at home.

Although the Affairs Bureau did not actively publicize it, the news spread no slower than the notice of rectifying the name of the demon. The emergence of new courses and the mutual confirmation of children have set off a new craze in the city: people who have studied in the school can greatly increase the probability of sensing Qi!

The rumor quickly became popular throughout the city, and multiple versions appeared during the spread. For example, Ning Wanjun had been to the school when it first opened, so the place was affected by the princess. Another example is that the school was founded by Xia Fan, and as the youngest chancellor of the Privy Council, the students he taught were more likely to become alchemists.

No matter how outrageous these rumors were, they all led to a result, that is, a new round of high tide of learning in Jinxia City. Before, most of the people who sent their children to the school were low-income residents and small families, and the wealthy families who had the ability to educate themselves basically did not take the school seriously.

However, the situation has now changed 180 degrees. There is a long queue at the door of the office. Those wealthy families who failed to catch up with the first two batches of enrollment are scrambling to get their children into the third batch of expanded enrollment list, even if they have to pay to enter the school.

The importance of universal education has become a consensus for everyone for the first time in an unexpected way.